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A 40-minute finale special of The IT Crowd is being planned for later this year. Graham Linehan – the series creator – announced the news during a Q&A session at a digital conference this week.

The Office finale to run 75 minutes

The series finale of The Office is being supersized to run for an extra 15 minutes. The total runtime of the finale will now be 75 minutes.

Happy Endings actor confident of renewal

Happy Endings actor Adam Pally believes the comedy series has a “pretty strong” chance of being renewed despite the fact its network has shifted it to an unpopular timeslot. “I feel like you never know what’s gonna happen,” Pally told Vulture. “It’s unfortunate the way things have panned out this year for us, but that being said, we were allowed to finish out the year on television.”

Idol producer wants judging “dream team”

American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe’s “dream team” of judges comprises of Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Pink and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Another judging overhaul is planned for next season if the show continues to lose viewers a sit has done so this season.